Ben Richmond
Rookie Draft selection No. 56
Height: 195cm
Age: 19
About: An athletic key position player originally from Tasmania. Has had experience at the Australian Institute of Sport where he was an elite junior basketballer, playing as a shooting guard. Richmond’s father, John, played 18 VFL games for the Tigers between 1961 and 1954 before returning to Tasmania.
Derek Hine Says:
Coming from an elite basketball program (at the AIS) he is very professional in all of his training habits and he has very quickly adapted to our systems and processes. Athletically, Ben is an endurance based athlete with a strong vertical leap where his testing placed him the highest in our senior list testing. Although we haven’t singled out any specific position for Ben, at 195cm, he will potentially provide the scope as a key forward or back.
Rookie Draft - Pick No. 56: Ben Richmond (AIS)
Collingwood formally welcomed Ben Richmond to the club in Tuesday morning's Rookie Draft.
